Can You Run It? How to Tell If My Computer Can Run this Game

Can you Run it? Want to find out whether your PC Can run this game or Can my computer run it? Then you are at the right place. PC games are very expensive these days and if you purchase a game and then your PC won’t be able to run it and also you do not have the required budget to upgrade your PC to the game requirements then you will be at loss and money will be wasted until the next upgrade . So how to find out whether your computer hardware is capable for running a particular game? Well there are some ways by which you can find out whether you can run a particular game or not on your computer, and here I am going to discuss those things which will help you to find out which games your current PC can run at comfortable settings and with decent frame rates.

Also here you will find answers to your most common queries for games which are:

Ways to find out whether your PC can run this game

Here are the two ways by which you can find out whether your computer can play this game or Can my PC run it. This is a complete guide in telling whether your computer can run games on your PC or not.

Check Manually

The manual method involves comparing your PC Hardware configuration against the minimum Game system requirements specified by the game manufacturer. Here first you have know your complete PC specifications and then compare those figures against the minimum system requirements specified by the game manufacturer.

Minimum System Requirements are the ones that you computer must have in order to run that game. Recommended System Requirements are ones which are recommended or specified by the game manufacturer to run that game comfortably on highest possible game / graphics settings with good frame rates.

You can find the game minimum system requirements on the game manufacturer website or on Google by entering the search term “<name of game> pc system requirements”.

For example: bioshock pc system requirements

This is a bit technical method and not meant for novice users. Also it may happen sometimes that even if your computer specs are below the game minimum requirements, then also you may be able to run the game comfortably at low settings with decent or playable frame rates.

Using Can You Run It or Can I Run It Tool

You can also find out whether you can run a particular game using game system requirement tool i.e. Can I Run It or Can You Run It tool which is available online and can help you to know that whether your computer is capable or powerful enough to run that game. This tool is also very useful to to tell you the games that you can play on your computer.

Operating Systems Supported: Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. There is no Linux or Mac version of this tool available right now.

Can You Run It (CYRI) Tool from System Requirements Lab

Can You Run It or CYRI is very popular free online tool from System Requirements Lab for checking whether your computer can run this game or not. The website contains huge database of various PC games and the database is also updated regularly for newer and latest games. If the game system requirements are met by this CYRI tool then you can run it on your computer. This tool can run with an Windows Computer whether it is an Intel or AMD based configuration.

How to use Can You Run It Game System Requirements Lab Tool?

Here I will tell you how to use the online Can You Run It tool for checking whether you computer can run this game or not.

4. Download the Desktop App named Detection.exe. This app is 100 percent safe to use and there is no risk of malware or malicious code associated with it. If your antivirus detects it as a virus then disable your antivirus for the moment as it is probably a false alarm. Although the Desktop app does not require Java but you must have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer.

5. Run Detection.exe

6. When the Detection App completes the hardware scan, your results will be displayed on your browser screen showing whether your computer can run this game or not. Here the tool will also show the list of hardware that needs to be upgraded to run that particular game. You can click on the Upgrade Suggested button to know which of your computer hardware needs upgrade. After that you can upgrade that hardware components so that you can run that game successfully on your computer whether it is a PC or Laptop.

Can I Run It Tool from Game Debate

There is another system requirement checking tool from Game Debate (www.game-debate.com) which can help you know that whether your computer is powerful enough to run that game or not. It has both manual and automatic rig selector options for selecting your computer hardware configuration. After that it displays the result and let you know which games your computer can run with your current hardware configuration.

How Accurate is Can You Run It Tool?

Can you run it is a very good tool that can tell about the games you can play on your computer. It test your computer for games that you can run. The tool is pretty accurate but it can be possible that even after negative result from this tool your computer may be able to run that game comfortably. So if you are still unsure that whether you can run it or not then you can ask me by leaving a comment below clearly stating your detailed PC configuration. Then i will tell you whether your computer is powerful enough to run that game or not.

What if the Game runs very Slow?

Even if your PC has the minimum specifications for the game and then also the game runs very slow or you are getting very low frame rates then you can fix this by going through the articles mentioned below.

Ask Me whether you Computer Can Run this Game?

If you still have doubts on can i run / can you tun it tool or unsure that whether your computer can run this game or not then you can ask me by leaving a comment below clearly stating your computer configuration that includes your processor, graphics card and memory.

About Author

Akshat Verma

A Professional Blogger, Web Developer, Hardware Enthusiast, Gamer, Geek and Founder of many other websites. He holds M.Tech degree in IT and B.E degree in Computer Science & Engineering.

Comments

Vikas

Mar 29, 2017

Sir,
Please suggest the best frequency and capacity that a DDR3 desktop RAM should have to run GTA 5 smoothly in good quality on a PC having AMD A8-7600 Kaveri APU, Asus A68HM-K motherboard and Corsair VS450 SMPS. This PC is not having any external or separate GPU as it is already powered by an APU, which has both CPU and GPU on a single chip.

Sir but in case of APUs it is the main RAM which works as the memory for the GPU cores present in the APU. So the the performance of the GPU cores present in the APU depends a lot on the frequency and configuration of the system’s main RAM. This is the reason for which I wanted your suggestion on which RAM (size & frequency) I should use for my budget oriented gaming PC.

Yes they can get hot when playing games. For budget graphics card i would suggest you to go for Zotac GT 730 2GB GDDR5. It will cost you at 5k rupees.

Vikas

Apr 2, 2017

Sir what are your views about the Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB graphics card? Can I go for it? I asked this because with this AMD graphics card, I will be able to combine it with my APU’s integrated GPU using the AMD dual graphics mode. Please give your opinion sir.

Yes sir, my motherboard (Asus A68HM-K) supports AMD Dual Graphics mode, so I will be able to combine the graphics card with the APU. Also, on AMD website they are recommending to use R7 240 graphics card for enabling dual graphics mode with the APU (A8-7600).

Thank you so much sir for all the suggestions you have provided for my budget oriented gaming PC build. I must say, your website is excellent and really very helpful in solving queries related to computers. Thanks once again!